MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of June 30, 2019
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 96.31 | 18-1-0 | UFC | [HW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 55.98 | 13-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 53.89 | 19-5-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 46.87 | 8-2-0 | UFC | Beat #6 Junior dos Santos |
| 5 | 5 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 32.36 | 28-10-2 | Bell | |
| 7 | 6 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 31.07 | 39-17-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 7 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 28.87 | 23-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 9 | 8 | Philip De Fries | HW | 27.29 | 10-6-0 | KSW | |
| 11 | 9 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 27.05 | 7-2-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.75 | 18-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 13 | 11 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 24.06 | 34-11-2 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 23.93 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -35 months. |
| 14 | 13 | Tomasz Narkun | HW | 23.11 | 11-3-0 | KSW | |
| 6 | 14 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 22.33 | 15-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #4 Francis Ngannou |
| 15 | 15 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 20.07 | 4-1-1 | ACB | |
| 16 | 16 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 19.95 | 10-5-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 19.13 | 13-1-0 | Bell | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 21 | 18 | Blagoy Ivanov | HW | 17.22 | 13-2-0 | UFC | Beat #34 Tai Tuivasa |
| 18 | 19 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 16.87 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 19 | 20 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 16.47 | 4-0-0 | ACA | NC #41 Tony Johnson |
| 22 | 21 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 15.70 | 13-5-0 | Prof | Beat Jared Rosholt |
| 20 | 22 | Matt Mitrione | HW | 15.60 | 12-6-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | HW | 14.76 | 13-4-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 24 | Sergei Kharitonov | HW | 14.21 | 22-6-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 25 | Josh Barnett | HW | 14.19 | 35-8-0 | UFC | --last rated win -33 months. |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 78.79 | 18-1-0 | UFC | [LH title holder] •7/06 vs. #6 Thiago 'Marreta' Santos (for LH title) |
| 2 | 2 | Luke Rockhold | LH | 35.70 | 14-3-0 | UFC | •7/06 vs. #30 Jan Blachowicz |
| 3 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 28.04 | 5-2-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 27.19 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -34 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Phil Davis | LH | 26.26 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 25.14 | 12-4-0 | UFC | •7/06 vs. #1 Jon Jones (for LH title) |
| 7 | 7 | Corey Anderson | LH | 19.92 | 7-3-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 19.87 | 6-0-0 | UFC | Beat #69 Jimi Manuwa |
| 9 | 9 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 19.55 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 10 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 19.52 | 15-4-1 | Prof | Beat #15 Jordan Johnson |
| 10 | 11 | Dalcha Lungiambula | LH | 19.03 | 7-1-0 | UFC | Beat Dequan Townsend |
| 11 | 12 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 18.09 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 12 | 13 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 18.00 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 14 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 17.44 | 19-8-0 | UFC | Beat #35 Alexander Gustafsson |
| 13 | 15 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 17.10 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 16 | Johnny Walker | LH | 16.56 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 17 | Jim Crute | LH | 16.36 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 34 | 18 | Alonzo Menifield | LH | 15.29 | 2-0-0 | UFC | Beat #32 Paul Craig |
| 19 | 19 | Mauricio Rua | LH | 15.19 | 23-11-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 15.13 | 9-1-1 | Rizi | |
| 21 | 21 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 15.04 | 11-9-0 | Prof | |
| 23 | 22 | Khadis Ibragimov | LH | 14.42 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | |
| 22 | 23 | Mamed Khalidov | LH | 14.25 | 23-3-2 | KSW | --last rated win -25 months. |
| 27 | 24 | Rashid Yusupov | LH | 13.69 | 6-1-0 | Prof | Beat Mikhail Mokhnatkin |
| 24 | 25 | Tito Ortiz | LH | 13.63 | 20-12-1 | Gold | --last rated win -29 months. |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 75.27 | 12-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 66.10 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 16 | 3 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 43.07 | 7-0-0 | Bell | Beat #3 Gegard Mousasi [new interim MW title holder] |
| 4 | 4 | Yoel Romero | MW | 40.95 | 10-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 38.64 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 6 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 38.53 | 36-7-2 | Bell | Lost to #16 Rafael Lovato Jr. |
| 6 | 7 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 32.08 | 15-4-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 8 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 29.39 | 11-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 8 | 9 | Michael Bisping | MW | 24.98 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -32 months. |
| 9 | 10 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 22.74 | 5-4-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 11 | Ronaldo Souza | MW | 22.27 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 22.16 | 25-8-0 | Bell | Beat #56 Chael Sonnen |
| 11 | 13 | Ian Heinisch | MW | 21.56 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 14 | Scott Askham | MW | 21.04 | 10-4-0 | KSW | |
| 14 | 15 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 20.78 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | |
| 15 | 16 | Chris Weidman | MW | 20.48 | 11-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -23 months. |
| 17 | 17 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 17.14 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Derek Brunson | MW | 16.78 | 14-7-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 16.74 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 20 | 20 | Aung La N Sang | MW | 16.60 | 9-4-0 | One | |
| 21 | 21 | Beslan Ushukov | MW | 16.02 | 7-3-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 22 | John Salter | MW | 16.00 | 10-4-0 | Bell | |
| 23 | 23 | Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev | MW | 15.70 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 24 | Andrew Sanchez | MW | 15.52 | 7-4-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 25 | Brad Tavares | MW | 15.43 | 12-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 67.51 | 10-0-0 | UFC | [WW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 52.37 | 8-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 47.88 | 16-4-1 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Ben Askren | WW | 46.67 | 15-0-0 | UFC | •7/06 vs. #14 Jorge Masvidal |
| 5 | 5 | Douglas Lima | WW | 36.71 | 16-3-0 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Leon Edwards | WW | 33.59 | 11-2-0 | UFC | •7/20 vs. #8 Rafael dos Anjos |
| 7 | 7 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 32.60 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 29.24 | 21-9-0 | UFC | •7/20 vs. #6 Leon Edwards |
| 9 | 9 | Jon Fitch | WW | 26.83 | 30-6-2 | Bell | |
| 10 | 10 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | WW | 26.01 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 11 | Rory MacDonald | WW | 26.00 | 16-5-1 | Bell | Beat Neiman Gracie |
| 11 | 12 | Ramazan Emeev | WW | 25.72 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | James Nakashima | WW | 23.18 | 8-0-0 | One | |
| 15 | 14 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 22.61 | 31-13-0 | UFC | •7/06 vs. #4 Ben Askren |
| 16 | 15 | Alexey Kunchenko | WW | 22.08 | 10-0-0 | UFC | |
| 51 | 16 | Demian Maia | WW | 21.95 | 25-9-0 | UFC | Beat #14 Anthony Rocco Martin |
| 18 | 17 | Vicente Luque | WW | 21.39 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 18 | Nate Diaz | WW | 21.28 | 17-11-0 | UFC | --last rated win -39 months. |
| 19 | 19 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 20.82 | 8-0-0 | Prof | •7/11 vs. Chris Curtis |
| 20 | 20 | Ismail Naurdiev | WW | 20.77 | 3-1-0 | UFC | •7/06 vs. Chance Rencountre |
| 21 | 21 | Anthony Pettis | WW | 20.77 | 17-8-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Andrey Koreshkov | WW | 20.59 | 14-3-0 | Bell | |
| 23 | 23 | Abdoul Abdouraguimov | WW | 20.54 | 6-0-0 | Brav | |
| 24 | 24 | Robbie Lawler | WW | 19.66 | 29-13-0 | UFC | --last rated win -23 months. |
| 25 | 25 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 18.97 | 11-4-0 | ACA |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 69.50 | 13-0-0 | UFC | [LW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 68.58 | 20-5-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 64.26 | 18-1-0 | UFC | Beat #7 Donald Cerrone |
| 4 | 4 | Patricio Freire | LW | 46.83 | 16-4-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Max Holloway | LW | 46.57 | 18-4-0 | UFC | •7/27 vs. #5 FW Frankie Edgar (for FW title) |
| 6 | 6 | Conor McGregor | LW | 41.82 | 13-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -31 months. |
| 8 | 7 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 28.18 | 5-3-0 | One | |
| 9 | 8 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 27.19 | 18-8-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 9 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 26.58 | 25-7-0 | One | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 11 | 10 | Akhmed Aliev | LW | 26.43 | 10-1-0 | Prof | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 12 | 11 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 26.36 | 14-2-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 12 | Carlos Diego Ferreira | LW | 25.77 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 13 | Ali Bagov | LW | 24.27 | 11-7-0 | ACB | |
| 7 | 14 | Donald Cerrone | LW | 23.95 | 33-12-0 | UFC | Lost to #3 Tony Ferguson |
| 15 | 15 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 23.32 | 10-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Gregor Gillespie | LW | 23.07 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Patricky Freire | LW | 22.91 | 13-7-0 | Bell | |
| 18 | 18 | Christian Lee | LW | 21.46 | 6-2-0 | One | |
| 19 | 19 | Natan Schulte | LW | 20.95 | 6-1-1 | Prof | |
| 20 | 20 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 20.69 | 6-0-0 | Prof | |
| 21 | 21 | Michael Chandler | LW | 20.64 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 22 | 22 | Mairbek Taisumov | LW | 20.61 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 23 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 20.18 | 7-1-0 | ACB | |
| 29 | 24 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 19.68 | 8-0-1 | UFC | Beat #109 Steven Ray |
| 24 | 25 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 19.54 | 10-4-0 | Road | --last rated win -15 months. |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 40.49 | 12-0-0 | UFC | [FW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Lance Palmer | FW | 31.73 | 13-3-0 | Prof | |
| 4 | 3 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 26.51 | 9-0-0 | KSW | |
| 3 | 4 | Brian Ortega | FW | 26.45 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 25.92 | 17-6-1 | UFC | •7/27 vs. #5 LW Max Holloway (for FW title) |
| 6 | 6 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 25.12 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | A.J. McKee | FW | 24.10 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 8 | 8 | Andre Harrison | FW | 23.66 | 13-1-0 | Prof | |
| 9 | 9 | Salman Zhamaldaev | FW | 23.51 | 9-0-0 | ACA | |
| 23 | 10 | Dan Ige | FW | 22.81 | 4-0-0 | UFC | Beat #11 Kevin Aguilar |
| 10 | 11 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 22.74 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 20 | 12 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 21.75 | 10-2-0 | UFC | Beat #16 Ricardo Lamas |
| 13 | 13 | Jose Aldo | FW | 21.09 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 14 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 20.96 | 9-3-0 | One | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 14 | 15 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 20.66 | 12-3-0 | Bell | |
| 15 | 16 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 19.64 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 28 | 17 | Juan Archuleta | FW | 18.60 | 11-1-0 | Bell | Beat #53 Eduardo Dantas |
| 17 | 18 | Koyomi Matsushima | FW | 18.37 | 6-3-0 | One | |
| 18 | 19 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 17.58 | 20-5-2 | Panc | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 19 | 20 | Mirsad Bektic | FW | 17.28 | 8-1-0 | UFC | •7/13 vs. #21 Josh Emmett |
| 21 | 21 | Josh Emmett | FW | 16.91 | 8-2-0 | UFC | •7/13 vs. #20 Mirsad Bektic |
| 22 | 22 | Arnold Allen | FW | 16.90 | 6-0-0 | UFC | •7/06 vs. #218 Gilbert Melendez |
| 24 | 23 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 16.63 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 24 | Salahdine Parnasse | FW | 16.53 | 4-0-0 | KSW | |
| 26 | 25 | Henry Corrales | FW | 16.41 | 11-3-0 | Bell |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 1FL | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 57.35 | 9-2-0 | UFC | Beat #3 Marlon Moraes [new BW title holder] |
| 1 | 2 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 49.91 | 26-2-0 | Bell | Beat #8 Darrion Caldwell |
| 2 | 3 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 44.95 | 20-2-0 | One | |
| 4 | 4 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 34.73 | 12-3-0 | UFC | Beat #9 Pedro Munhoz |
| 5 | 5 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 29.66 | 9-4-0 | One | |
| 3 | 6 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 26.91 | 17-4-0 | UFC | Lost to #1 FL Henry Cejudo |
| 6 | 7 | Victor Henry | BW | 24.41 | 11-4-0 | Russ | |
| 15 | 8 | Petr Yan | BW | 22.66 | 7-0-0 | UFC | Beat #35 Jimmie Rivera |
| 7 | 9 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 21.91 | 18-6-3 | Rizi | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Rafael 'Morcego' Silva | BW | 21.71 | 8-3-0 | Panc | |
| 12 | 11 | Raphael Assuncao | BW | 21.38 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 12 | Shoko Sato | BW | 21.28 | 17-10-2 | One | |
| 11 | 13 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 21.20 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -36 months. |
| 14 | 14 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 21.04 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 15 | Ricky Simon | BW | 20.08 | 8-1-0 | UFC | •7/13 vs. #83 Urijah Faber |
| 17 | 16 | Ryo Okada | BW | 19.39 | 10-3-2 | Shoo | |
| 18 | 17 | Cody Stamann | BW | 19.29 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 18 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 18.52 | 8-2-0 | Shoo | |
| 20 | 19 | Stephen Loman | BW | 18.40 | 4-0-0 | BRAV | |
| 21 | 20 | Said Nurmagomedov | BW | 17.86 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 21 | Go Kashiwazaki | BW | 17.05 | 11-1-2 | Zst | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 28 | 22 | Patrick Mix | BW | 16.96 | 5-0-0 | Bell | Beat Ricky Bandejas |
| 24 | 23 | Mamoru Uoi | BW | 16.88 | 13-5-2 | Rizi | Beat Kana Hyatt |
| 23 | 24 | John Lineker | BW | 16.75 | 10-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 25 | 25 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 16.45 | 6-1-0 | UFC |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| June Rank |
July Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | June results; •July schedule |
| 2 | 1 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 34.46 | 19-3-1 | One | [new FL title holder] |
| 3 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 31.60 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 3 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 28.96 | 22-5-0 | UFC | Beat #4 Jussier Formiga |
| 5 | 4 | Danny Kingad | FL | 25.28 | 3-0-0 | One | |
| 7 | 5 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 20.90 | 15-7-2 | Deep | |
| 8 | 6 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.39 | 9-1-0 | Zst | |
| 9 | 7 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 19.02 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 10 | 8 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 18.71 | 2-1-0 | One | |
| 4 | 9 | Jussier Formiga | FL | 18.64 | 13-6-0 | UFC | Lost to #6 Joseph Benavidez |
| 11 | 10 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | FL | 18.54 | 14-4-1 | Shoo | |
| 13 | 11 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 17.74 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 12 | 12 | Askar Askarov | FL | 17.63 | 5-0-0 | ACB | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 14 | 13 | Mitsuhisa Sunabe | FL | 16.49 | 19-8-4 | Rizi | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 15 | 14 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 16.47 | 10-3-0 | Panc | |
| 16 | 15 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 16.37 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 17 | 16 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 16.03 | 3-0-0 | Panc | |
| 18 | 17 | Matt Schnell | FL | 15.80 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 18 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 15.39 | 5-1-0 | UFC | •7/27 vs. #21 Alexandre Pantoja |
| 19 | 19 | Senzo Ikeda | FL | 15.36 | 9-4-1 | One | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 21 | 20 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 15.27 | 3-0-0 | FNG | |
| 22 | 21 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 14.98 | 5-1-0 | UFC | •7/27 vs. #18 Deiveson Figueiredo |
| 23 | 22 | Masatatsu Ueda | FL | 14.72 | 10-3-1 | Panc | |
| 24 | 23 | Geje Eustaquio | FL | 14.71 | 6-5-0 | One | |
| 25 | 24 | Jordan Espinosa | FL | 14.30 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 14.29 | 14-7-3 | One |